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VERSIONE CORRETTA QUI SOTTO

Have you seen the old man in the closed-down marketKicking up the papers with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride and hung loosely at his side
Yesterday’s paper telling yesterday’s news

So how can you tell me you’re lonely,
And say for you that the sun don’t shine?Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London,Show you something to make you change your mind.

Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She’s no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking,Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

So how can you tell me you’re lonely,
And say for you that the sun don’t shine?Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London,Show you something to make you change your mind.

In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven,
Same old man sitting there on his own,Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup,
Each tea lasts an hour and he wanders home alone.

So how can you tell me you’re lonely,
And say for you that the sun don’t shine?Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London,Show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old man outside the Seaman’s Mission
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears?
In our winter city, the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn’t care.

So how can you tell me you’re lonely,
And say for you that the sun don’t shine?Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London,Show you something to make you change your mind.

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